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Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis.”

1 It’s strange that all this is still so clear to me, now that the summer has long since fled and time has had its way. 2 A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door, and now if an oriole sings in the elm, its song seems to die up in the leaves, a silvery dust. 3 The flower garden is prim, the house a gleaming white, and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce. 4 But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and I remember Doodle.
Which sentence from the excerpt is foreshadowing and why?
Sentence 1 because it foreshadows that something tragic happened to the narrator in the distant past.
Sentence 2 because it foreshadows that the story is primarily about some type of bird.
Sentence 3 because it foreshadows that something significant happened in either the house or flower garden.
Sentence 4 because it foreshadows that Doodle is no longer present in the narrator’s life.

A.Sentence 1 because it foreshadows that something tragic happened to the narrator in the distant past.
B.Sentence 2 because it foreshadows that the story is primarily about some type of bird.
C.Sentence 3 because it foreshadows that something significant happened in either the house or flower garden.
D.Sentence 4 because it foreshadows that Doodle is no longer present in the narrator’s life.

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the answer is D sentence 4 because when u go back and read the passage as such as i did it clearly tells you

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Hi,

I think the best answer would be D, Sentence 4 because it foreshadows that Doodle is no longer present in the narrator’s life.

~Elisabeth
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